When Portsmouth High School Valedictorian Colin Yost ended his wise graduation speech by awkwardly dancing, people in the audience didn’t know what to think. But then, gradually, his fellow students joined, and what was a one-man dance party turned into a flash mob. The entire high school class, all 230 of them, performed a choreographed… Read more »

The senior class at a New Hampshire high school had two choices — to ride horses at a dude ranch as part of their senior trip, or help their beloved school principal, Courtney Vashaw, fight a rare and aggressive form of cancer. They chose the latter, giving Vashaw the $8,000 they raised over four years… Read more »

John Kasich says the White House run “looks pretty good.” The Ohio Governor once again discussed his presidential plans during the Sunday morning news shows. As previously reported by the Inquisitr, Governor Kasich said he had no desire to be vice-president. Governor Kasich created a political action committee several weeks ago to explore a possible… Read more »

A group of New Hampshire fourth-graders drafted a bill for their state’s legislature as a civics lesson, part of a project for the kids to learn how the legislative system works. But the New Hampshire state reps gave the kids a lesson in real world politics. And the lesson was — don’t bother. The kids,… Read more »

Police officers are supposed to be pillars of order and honor in society, but at times there are cops that do things that are either out of line or over-the-top. The Inquisitr reported on such situations before. One of the most current examples includes a cop who was pulled over by a citizen, Gavin Seim,… Read more »

Christopher Bazar shot and killed his best friend, Donald St. Laurent, almost three years ago after a night of boozing and smoking pot. Bazar said the shooting was completely unintentional but he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and, ever since, has been locked up inside a state prison in Concord, New Hampshire. But in a few… Read more »

The annual Pumpkin Festival in Keene, New Hampshire turned into what police are simply calling “the situation.” SWAT teams were deployed to the scene and witnesses say tear gas was used to break up riots. The Boston Globe reports that multiple ambulances have been sent to a disturbance Saturday afternoon near Keene State and that… Read more »

West Nile Virus is a well-known, mosquito-transmitted virus. Recently, in Massachusetts, a 60-year-old man was reportedly diagnosed with West Nile Virus. Authorities are uncertain of where the man was exposed to infected mosquitoes, but it was confirmed that he is being treated for a very rare case of the virus. Most West Nile Virus patients,… Read more »

The price of higher education has gotten so high that many parents begin saving for their children’s college expenses as early as the day they learn they’re pregnant. Some families find it impossible to aid their children with university costs, relying on financial aid and scholarships. For the past 10 years, Dunkin’ Donuts has been… Read more »

An elected official in the small town of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, is being called upon to resign after he was overheard using a racial slur — modified by a profanity — to refer to U.S. President Barack Obama in a local restaurant in early March — and later refused to apologize. Wolfeboro resident Jane O’Toole… Read more »

A house in Brentwood, New Hampshire exploded on live television as news anchors on WCVB News in Boston provided commentary on the home, which had been on fire for 15 minutes before exploding. No fire trucks were on the scene when the explosion occurred. The house had been the scene of an officer involved shooting… Read more »

“Affluenza.” The word entered common use recently, referring to the carelessness of some wealthy individuals who have so much money that they don’t consider how their actions affect those other than themselves. Was Robert Dellinger another case of “affluenza” run amok? The 53-year-old former Fortune 500 executive who lives in a $2.3 million New Hampshire… Read more »

NH Lottery ticket sales have skyrocketed in 2013 thanks to huge jackpots and a revamped instant ticket system. Sales throughout the state have increased by 16 percent year over year. The New Hampshire lottery system was launched in 1964, but this is the first time ticket sales have surpassed the $5 billion mark over a… Read more »

Windham, NH – A strict anti-bullying campaign is leaving Windham schools without the sport of dodgeball. We’ll attempt to avoid any and all references to the 2004 comedy Dodgeball for the purposes of this article. Even though these days it is played with foam balls that don’t really hurt when they hit you and the… Read more »

Portsmouth, NH – An irritated woman decided to call the cops after a Salvation Army bell ringer set up shop close to her job, according to Seacoast Online. Sarah Hamilton-Parker decided that enough was enough when the Salvation Army bell ringer decided to start collecting donations near the store where she works. Frustrated and annoyed,… Read more »

The tiny New Hampshire village known as Dixville Notch cast its votes for the Presidency on Monday, and, in the first results for the 2012 Election between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the small town battle ended in a tie! Both candidates received a massive five votes apiece. Sure, there are not a lot of… Read more »

Food stamps have strangely emerged as one of the wedge issues of right now, in a time where many more Americans are forced to rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, due to a decade of economic hardship across the country. Yes, as increasing numbers of Americans receive food stamps, so too does… Read more »

At around 10:30 p.m. in Greenland, N.H., one police officer was killed and four others were critically wounded in a small shootout on the New Hampshire seacoast. The suspect fired upon officials conducting a drug investigation. A breaking news report released by Fox News indicates that the dead police officer was none other than Greenland… Read more »